United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6898 (115th)
Maintaining Protections for Patients with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2018
Introduced
26 September 2018
Last action
3 October 2018 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25], Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4], Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT], Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10], Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45], Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2], Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1], Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22], Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3], Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2], James Renacci, Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21], Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Ensuring Coverage for Patients with Pre-Existing Conditions Act This bill establishes provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 relating to the guaranteed availability of health insurance coverage as well as prohibitions against discriminatory practices based on preexisting conditions or health status; the bill also prohibits related exclusions or limitations of benefits and establishes certain enforcement mechanisms.
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Timeline
26 September 2018
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
26 September 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
26 September 2018
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 October 2018
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 26 September 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
- James Renacci · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6898
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6898
- us · 115-hr-6898 · source updated 11 August 2025